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Runemagick
Runemagick
band
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Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
2
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
British gothic metal band
3
Light This City
Light This City
band that plays melodic death metal
4
Disembowelment
Disembowelment
Australian death/doom band
5
Necrodeath
Necrodeath
Italian band
6
Naglfar
Naglfar
Swedish melodic black metal band
7
Epica
Epica
Dutch symphonic metal band
8
The Eternal
The Eternal
9
Acheron
Acheron
band that plays black/death metal
10
Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin
English heavy metal band
11
Estatic Fear
Estatic Fear
band
12
Necromandus
Necromandus
13
Falconer
Falconer
Swedish power metal band
14
Craft
Craft
Swedish black metal band
15
The Amenta
The Amenta
band that plays death metal
16
Wolves in the Throne Room
Wolves in the Throne Room
American atmospheric black metal band from Washington
17
Naer Mataron
Naer Mataron
Greek band
18
Cathedral
Cathedral
English doom metal band
19
Cruachan
Cruachan
Irish band
20
Tristania
Tristania
Gothic metal band from Norway
21
Holocausto
Holocausto
band
22
Chakal
Chakal
band
23
While Heaven Wept
While Heaven Wept
band
24
Dedringer
Dedringer
25
Ensiferum
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
26
Katatonia
Katatonia
swedish metal band
27
Mutilator
Mutilator
band
28
Darkthrone
Darkthrone
Norwegian black metal band
29
Electric Boys
Electric Boys
Swedish rock band
30
Månegarm
Månegarm
band
31
Kadavar
Kadavar
German rock band
32
Absu
Absu
American extreme metal band
33
Khold
Khold
band that plays black metal
34
Hobbs' Angel of Death
Hobbs' Angel of Death
band
35
Watain
Watain
Swedish black metal band
36
Buffalo
Buffalo
Heavy Psych band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971
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Hellhammer
Hellhammer
Swiss band
38
Boris
Boris
Japanese experimental rock band
39
Sarcófago
Sarcófago
band
40
Seance
Seance
Swedish death metal band
41
Aborym
Aborym
Italien metal-band
42
Sir Lord Baltimore
Sir Lord Baltimore
American rock band
43
Tank
Tank
British heavy metal band

Virgin Black is an Australian gothic doom band. The band was signed to The End Records (for the United States) and Germany's Massacre Records (for Europe), through which it released 4 albums and 1 EP. A fifth album, originally planned for release in 2006, was released independently in 2018. Formed in 1995 in Adelaide, they have achieved international acclaim during their career, receiving praise from such magazines as Orkus, Metal Hammer, Legacy and The Village Voice.

Having changed their line-up several times, Virgin Black currently consists of the founding members and main songwriters: Sesca Scaarba (formerly Samantha Escarbe) (guitar) and Rowan London (keyboard, vocals), with Grayh (bass) and Luke Faz (drums) joining in 2007. The group explains the meaning of its name as "the juxtaposition of purity and humanity's darkness".